double entry


nounBookkeeping.
  1. a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.

Origin of double entry

1
First recorded in 1715–25

Other words from double entry

  • double-entry, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for double entry

double entry

noun
    • a book-keeping system in which any commercial transaction is entered as a debit in one account and as a credit in another: Compare single entry

    • (as modifier): double-entry book-keeping

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